ANAHEIM – Tyler Skaggs had it all: An early flight home Sunday, a good night’s sleep in the same Santa Monica house he grew up in, a home-cooked breakfast Monday morning from mom.

While the 22-year-old pitcher slept through the dead of night, his Angels teammates were flying across the country. At a time when they usually work out, hit in the batting cage or eat a mid-afternoon meal, the players trudged into the home clubhouse at Angel Stadium. Batting practice was cancelled. It was tough to blame anyone for their lethargy.

Except for Skaggs. He delivered seven strong innings and the Angels held on for a 6-3 victory over the Cleveland Indians before an announced crowd of 37,654.

“I felt like I was throwing a high school game,” said Skaggs, who walked one batter and struck out six. “I haven’t slept in my own bed in years. I think five years.”

The only blemish on his record: A three-run home run by Carlos Santana in the fourth inning that accounted for the Indians’ offense.

The Angels trailed 3-1 after that, but only briefly. A two-run double by Erick Aybar in the fifth inning tied the game at 3. An RBI single by Mike Trout touched off a three-run eighth inning that gave the Angels the lead for good.

Joe Smith recorded his first save since being named the Angels’ closer with a scoreless ninth inning -- against his old team, no less. Fernando Salas (2-0) pitched a scoreless eighth inning for the victory.

Although Skaggs left with a no-decision, the Angels improved to 5-0 in games he starts. This victory was unlike the others on a few levels.

“I’m used to flying with my teammates but it was different,” Skaggs said. “I flew on a nice plane. I got to watch the ESPN game on the flight so it wasn’t too bad.”

For the rest of the Angels, the MLB schedule was a made-for-TV disaster. Their final out Sunday against the New York Yankees was recorded just after 11:30 p.m. Eastern time. Losing 3-2 didn’t bring a good night’s sleep any closer.

Monday, the Indians arrived at the park before many of their jetlagged opponents. The batters were fed a steady diet of fastballs the first time through the order -- not because Angels catcher Hank Conger only had enough energy to put down one finger -- and Skaggs retired every one.

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Other than eight innings in spring training, Skaggs had never thrown to Conger in a game.

“We were both feeling each other out those first few innings and I think they weren’t making adjustments to the fastball,” Skaggs said. “They weren’t putting good swings on it so I kept throwing it.”

That changed in the fourth inning. With a pair of runners on base, Skaggs floated a curveball over the middle of the plate on a 2-2 count to Santana. He paid dearly for the mistake, watching helplessly as the ball sailed into the bullpen.

To his credit, Skaggs didn’t dwell on it either. Cleveland couldn’t get a runner past second base the rest of the way.

“You can’t ask for anything more than Tyler’s given us,” Angels manager Mike Scioscia said. “It was another good game for him.”

The game was still 3-3 when Trout came to the plate in the eighth inning. On the eighth pitch he saw from Masterson, Trout poked a single through the hole into left field. J.B. Shuck, who reached on an error and went to second base on a sacrifice bunt, sped around third base with the go-ahead run.

The Angels scored twice more on a two-run triple by Raul Ibanez. It came on the last of Masterson’s 113 pitches.

In addition to the game-winning hit, Trout tripled and scored in a 2-for-4 performance. Ibanez and David Freese – on his 31st birthday – also went 2 for 4.

Trout seemed determined to drive up Masterson’s pitch count in each of his at-bats. On the seventh pitch he saw in the first inning, Trout tripled to the gap in right-center field and scored on an RBI groundout by Albert Pujols. He saw 23 pitches in four plate appearances.

Angels third baseman Ian Stewart led off the fifth inning with a walk. Freese, serving as the designated hitter for the second straight day, singled to center field. Conger bunted both runners up a base, and Masterson struck out Shuck for the second out of the inning.

That brought up Aybar, who was batting leadoff for the first time all season. With Trout on deck, Aybar got a good pitch to hit on a 2-1 count – a sinker that caught the middle of the plate -- and turned it into a double down the right-field line. Both runners scored, tying the game at 3.